Vermont Business Magazine Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) and Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) will partner to present a “Medicine Today” lecture about palliative care. The talk, Palliative Care, Hospice, and End-of-Life Issues, will be presented by Allen Hutcheson, MD, a specialist in palliative medicine. Palliative care is a relatively new medical specialty that aims to relieve patients’ suffering during serious illnesses. This class will address the emergence of palliative medicine, how it works, and the similarities and differences between palliative care and traditional hospice care.
Dr. Allen Hutcheson has worked as a family medicine physician with Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) since 2011 has been a member of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians since the group’s inception in 2012. In his work at SVMC, he works as both a family medicine physician and a palliative care specialist. He received his undergraduate education from Harvard College in Massachusetts and his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed his residency at the Beth Israel Program in Urban Family Practice and a fellowship at Beth Israel Medical Center, both in New York. He is dual certified in Family Medicine and Palliative Care.
The talk will be held 5:30 – 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at Equinox Village, at 49 Maple Street in Manchester Center, VT. The event is free, but advanced registration is required. Visit the science section of the programs tab at www.greenmtnacademy.org to register.
About SVHC:
Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is a comprehensive, preeminent health care system providing exceptional, convenient, and affordable care to the communities of Bennington and Windham Counties of Vermont, eastern Rensselaer and Washington Counties of New York, and northern Berkshire County in Massachusetts. SVHC’s providers are members of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians, a multispecialty medical group operated in partnership with Dartmouth-Hitchcock. SVHC includes the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, a 150-bed long- and short-term care skilled nursing facility; the SVHC Foundation; and Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), which includes 19 primary and specialty care practices. Primary care offices are located in Bennington, Manchester, Pownal, and Wilmington. To learn more, visit svhealthcare.org.
About GMALL:
The Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning is an independent non-profit organization whose mission it is to enrich the intellectual and cultural life of the community by providing accessible, diversified, and high quality educational programs to the public. The group facilitates interactive lectures, courses, and workshops on such topics as current events (politics, international studies, and economics), history, science, religion, the arts, recreation, and culinary classes.
Source: BENNINGTON, VT—March 14, 2018—Southwestern Vermont Medical Center